ReportHost report templates

Home Inspection - Standard
Our original template with over 880 concerns and over 80 descriptive items.  Meets or exceeds NACHI and ASHI standards of practice.

Home Inspection - Extended
Our extended template with over 1,500 concerns and over 250 descriptive items.  Exceeds NACHI and ASHI standards of practice.

Four Point Insurance Inspection
Designed for insurance inspections performed in Florida. Standard four part template including Electric, Plumbing, Roof, HVAC.

Pool and Spa
A comprehensive template for pools and spas that cover pool and spa bodies, decking, coping, filter systems, heaters, circulation systems, electrical systems, access and safety issues, and more. Over 200 concerns and 40 descriptive items.

Each template is organized by report section.  For example, our "Home Inspection - Extended" template contains the following report sections:

• General Information
• Grounds
• Exterior / Foundation
• Roof / Attic
• Garage / Carport
• Electric
• Plumbing / Fuel Systems
• Water Heater
• Heating
• Cooling / Heat Pump
• Fireplaces / Stoves / Chimneys
• Kitchen
• Bathrooms / Laundry / Sinks
• Private Well
• Interior Rooms / Areas
• Structural Pest Findings

• Descriptions quantify or describe items, such as noting that the electric service is rated at 200 amps. They help make your reports compliant with the standards of practice of the major professional organizations.
• Concerns explain building defects or conditions that require repair, further evaluation, monitoring, etc.  Besides text, concerns can have hyperlinks to related websites, formatted text, embedded images or illustrations, and more.  Concerns may have one or more types associated with them, such as "Safety", "Major defect", "Repair/Maintain", etc.  Concern types determine the order in which your concerns appear within a report's section.  For example, "Safety" items appear at the top of a section while "Monitor" or "Comment" items appear below. 
• Labels are just words or phrases that help visually organize your field notes, and don't appear in reports.

You may customize your own templates in many ways, for example:

• Add, modify or delete concerns descriptions and labels
• Add, modify or delete entire report sections
• Move or replicate items between report sections
• Import items from our default templates into your own templates
• Create your own templates from scratch, or by copying ours or yours

The following are examples from our templates:

"The following items are not included in this inspection: solar water heating systems; circulation systems. Any comments made regarding these items are as a courtesy only. Note that the inspector does not provide an estimate of remaining life on water heaters, does not determine if water heaters are appropriately sized, or perform any evaluations that require a pilot light to be lit."

"The water heater in the garage was installed so flames and/or sources of spark are less than 18 inches above the floor. Standard building practices require that the open flame or source of spark for appliances in a garage be located at least 18 inches above the floor. Fuel vapors from vehicles, storage containers or other sources are heavier than air and may ignite when exposed to pilot lights, sparks or open flames. This is a safety hazard. A qualified contractor should evaluate and make repairs and/or modifications as necessary."

"Copper water supply pipes in buildings built prior to 1986 may be joined with solder that contains lead. Lead is a known health hazard, especially for children. Laws were passed in 1985 prohibiting the use of lead in solder, but prior to that solder normally contained about 50 percent lead. The client should be aware of this, especially if children will be living in this structure. Evaluating for the presence of lead in this structure is not included in this inspection. The client should consider having a qualified lab test for lead, and if necessary take steps to reduce or remove lead from the water supply. Various solutions such as these may be advised:

• Flush water taps or faucets. Do not drink water that has been sitting in the plumbing lines for more than six hours.
• Install appropriate filters at points of use.
• Use only cold water for cooking and drinking. Hot water dissolves lead more quickly than cold water.
• Use bottled or distilled water.
• Treat well water to make it less corrosive.
• Have a qualified plumbing contractor replace supply pipes and/or plumbing components as necessary.